Flash Flood, Fremont
- When
- August 1, 9:10 PM MST
- Where
- Fremont County, 20 mi SW of Canon City
- Property damage
- $40,000
- Coordinates
- 38.473, -105.440 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Colorado, August 1, 1996
In 20 minutes, 1 1/2 inches of rain fell and washed out Copper Gulch Road, washing one vehicle off the road into Copper Gulch. The vehicle and two uninjured passengers were washed downstream for one mile.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $40,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS PUB wrote it up.
In 20 minutes, 1 1/2 inches of rain fell and washed out Copper Gulch Road, washing one vehicle off the road into Copper Gulch. The vehicle and two uninjured passengers were washed downstream for one mile. The roadway received damage from the wall of mud and water.
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 110 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:08 UTC.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Drought in Texas, August 1 to 22, 1996
- Drought in Texas, August 1 to 31, 1996
- Drought in New Mexico, August 1 to 23, 1996
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, August 1, 1996
- Drought in Texas, August 1 to 31, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Oklahoma, August 1, 1996
- Drought in Ohio, August 1 to 31, 1996
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, August 1, 1996
- Flood in Arizona, August 1, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, August 1, 1996
- Drought in Pennsylvania, August 1 to 31, 1996
- Flooding in West Virginia, August 1, 1996
More
Every storm in Colorado in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, August 1996
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5566625.